Last night, I parked my vehicle in a mall lot & activated Sentry mode while my family watched a movie. When I got back to the vehicle, the driver display said there was one incident. Since it has AP 2.0, I can’t record any camera data. However, are there any data available to me like a time stamp?
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Sentry Mode records on an AP 2.0 Vehicle
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Airport Dog
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Same question here. We don't have Dashcam capability, right? My car was manufactured on March 26, 2017, but as of FW 2019.12.1, I have Sentry mode. Should I try formatting a USB, adding the TeslaCam folder, and seeing if it will record? That hasn't worked before.
Super_Popular
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Seattle Tom
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You can format and insert a USB drive, but the files aren’t accessible after you remove the thumb drive - they are only 1KB. It gets corrupted when removed (or they are corrupted from the start...). And Tesla has yet to explain how or if we can get access to the “Tesla Servers” where these files are stored in the cloud, how long the files are there, etc.
@Padelford The one minor benefit of inserting a USB is that when you review it, you can see WHEN the Sentry mode was activated. I’m not sure how helpful that is, but it would have the time stamp for you.
Seattle Tom
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I can confirm that even though the USB doesn’t record any video, it creates the entry in the Recent Clips and Saved Clips folder to give you a time stamp. If that’s helpful, that’s the way you can access it.
For now, it’s a busted feature for those of us on HW2. If it gets added to our Tesla.com accounts or the app, so we can login and see the videos/time stamps, that would be awesome. But for now, it’s not really functional.
For now, it’s a busted feature for those of us on HW2. If it gets added to our Tesla.com accounts or the app, so we can login and see the videos/time stamps, that would be awesome. But for now, it’s not really functional.
AP2 does not record any videos at all to usb or sent to the mothership, all it does is increment a counter if it sees something, but collects no camera footage at all at least of .12 haven’t tried .12.1 yet, maybe I’ll install it later and test that
The entire point of sentry is the video is it not? Without videos time stamps aren’t exactly the best intel unless you can cross reference it back to a dashcam.
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Village Idiot
Maybe it doesn't record video, but it might deter someone from breaking into your car. Does the red eye come up on the screen and the loud music play?
Seattle Tom
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The red eye displays and it says “Recording” on the center screen (the binnacle also activates and the lights flash). But no sound.
I think the Release Notes said the music only plays if a “serious” threat is happening, such as glass being broken. Someone else can test that particular theory.
I’ll take that!The red eye displays and it says “Recording” on the center screen (the binnacle also activates and the lights flash). But no sound.
I think the Release Notes said the music only plays if a “serious” threat is happening, such as glass being broken. Someone else can test that particular theory.
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Village Idiot
That’s better than nothing. I’m surprised they gave the red headed stepchild AP2.0 anything at all.The red eye displays and it says “Recording” on the center screen (the binnacle also activates and the lights flash). But no sound.
I think the Release Notes said the music only plays if a “serious” threat is happening, such as glass being broken. Someone else can test that particular theory.
BigMskiman
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I only tested the activation, put keys away and yanked steering wheel thru window. Got red-eye on MCU1, saying recording.
In the car I've now enabled sentry in the security screen, same behavior, no music, and I'm not breaking my window for the team.
In the car I've now enabled sentry in the security screen, same behavior, no music, and I'm not breaking my window for the team.
The red eye displays and it says “Recording” on the center screen (the binnacle also activates and the lights flash). But no sound.
I think the Release Notes said the music only plays if a “serious” threat is happening, such as glass being broken. Someone else can test that particular theory.
I'll take it too. The thieves don't know which cars have AP2 vs AP2.5/3 anyway, so they don't know the recording is there or not...
